1529 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1529 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- September â Richard Gare Lynch becomes Mayor of Galway.
- Thomas Fitzgerald (1454â1534), becomes Earl succeeding his uncle James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond.
- William Skeffington was appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland to Henry's son, the duke of Richmond, the nominal Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- Sir Thomas Boleyn, father of Anne Boleyn, became the Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde.[1]
Deaths
- June 18 â James FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Desmond died in Dingle.
- Brian Ballagh II O'Neill